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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 2, 2024

Second Public Meeting Planned for Update on Americans with Disabilities Transition Plan

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The City of Charlottesville and Precision Infrastructure Management (PIM) will host its second public meeting discussing the ongoing development of the ADA Transition Plan to support the City’s residents with disabilities.

“The City of Charlottesville believes that all City facilities, programs, and services should be accessible to all members of the community,” ADA Coordinator Paul Rudacille said. “While we are continuously working on improving accessibility, an updated Transition Plan will help us benchmark where we are now and develop a roadmap for where we can be in the future.”

This Transition Plan update involves a self-assessment of the City’s public rights-of-way, facilities, programs, and services.

Charlottesville residents are encouraged to attend the meeting to learn more, receive a status update on the project, and actively engage in a question-and-answer session.

“We want to get feedback from the community. We need to hear what people who are on the ground all the time have to say. We couldn't do accessibility right if we didn’t have the community engagement piece. We want to hear from you." Matthew Shapiro of Precision Infrastructure Management said.

This marks the second in a series of information sessions dedicated to this plan. The second session will be available for live-stream viewing.

EVENT DETAILS:

WHAT: ADA Transition Plan Information Session

WHERE: CitySpace, 100 Fifth St NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902

WHEN: TBD

For inquiries, please contact Charlottesville ADA Coordinator Paul Rudacille at rudacillep@charlottesville.gov.

Media Contacts
Paul Rudacille
ADA Coordinator
City of Charlottesville
rudacillep@charlottesville.gov

Charlie Szold
Managing Partner
Precision Infrastructure Management
c.szold@precisioninfrastructuremgmt.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 20, 2023

Americans with Disabilities Transition Plan Update Public Meeting TONIGHT

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The City of Charlottesville, along with contractor Precision Infrastructure Management, will be holding an information session on the City’s ongoing update of its ADA Transition Plan tonight.

The Transition Plan update involves a self-assessment of the City’s public rights-of-way, facilities, programs, and services.

Residents of Charlottesville are encouraged to attend the meeting for more information and to participate in a question-and-answer period.

This is the first of two scheduled information sessions. The second session will be scheduled for later in 2023 and will showcase preliminary findings from the self-assessments. The second session will be available via livestream.

WHAT: ADA Transition Plan Information Session

WHERE: City of Charlottesville, 100 Fifth St NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902

WHEN: Wednesday, September 20th, 6:00 p.m.

Questions can be addressed to Charlottesville ADA Coordinator Paul Rudacille at rudacillep@charlottesville.gov.

Media Contact
Paul Rudacille & Charlie Szold
ADA Transition Plan Coordinators
City of Charlottesville
rudacillep@charlottesville.gov
c.szold@precisioninfrastructuremgmt.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 30, 2023

Charlottesville Announces ADA Transition Plan Update

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Furthering its commitment to accessibility, the City of Charlottesville is embarking on an update of its Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan.

“The City of Charlottesville believes that all City facilities, programs, and services should be accessible to all members of the community,” ADA Coordinator Paul Rudacille said. “While we are continuously working on improving accessibility, an updated Transition Plan will help us benchmark where we are now and develop a roadmap for where we can be in the future.”

The Transition Plan process involves an accessibility barrier self-assessment of City-owned right-of-way, facilities, parks, programs, and services. A review of the City’s website accessibility is included as well. The self-assessment of the City’s ROW was completed earlier this week, with more than 165 miles of sidewalk assessed for accessibility barriers. City parks and facilities will be assessed this fall, while a review of programs/services is performed concurrently.

“Updating Charlottesville’s Transition Plan, which was last updated in 2013, will further many of the goals from the 2021 Comprehensive Plan update,” City Manager Sam Sanders said. “We are committed to making our beautiful City accessible to all members of the community, whether it’s our pedestrian areas or City facilities. Investing in this Transition Plan update shows that Charlottesville backs up words with action too.”

A crucial part of the ADA Transition Plan process is public input. Community collaboration enhances the ADA Transition Plan by ensuring focus isn’t just on accessibility barriers, but also on the lived experience of those with disabilities in the community.

Charlottesville community members are encouraged to take the below survey and to spread it to other members of the community. There is a longform survey, which takes approximately 10 minutes to complete as well as a shortform survey that can be completed in under 2 minutes.

ADA TP Community Engagement Survey: https://www.surveyhero.com/c/cvilleADATPsurvey

ADA TP Abbreviated Survey: https://www.surveyhero.com/c/CvilleADATPShort

Charlottesville has contracted with Precision Infrastructure Management (PIM), a consulting firm with extensive experience in ADA-related projects, to perform, manage, and draft the final ADA Transition Plan with close City support. Those wishing to communicate with PIM and offer additional feedback, are encouraged to do so by contacting:

Charlie Szold 
Managing Partner 
c.szold@precisioninfrastructuremgmt.com

A townhall-style meeting to solicit additional feedback will be hosted on September 20th at 6 pm at CitySpace. The presentation will be available to view online, as well.

Media Contact
Charlie Szold
Managing Partner
Precision Infrastructure Management
c.szold@precisioninfrastructuremgmt.com